I am a painter living in Greece, where I work in oils on canvas and in watercolour on paper in a colourful semi abstract style. My work is shown in Athens, Crete and elsewhere. When living in Scotland I exhibited in galleries throughout the UK. My paintings are in collections including in the UK House of Commons Art Collection. Over the last 9 years I have been leading ‘plein air’ painting workshops in Crete.
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Camille in her studio, Athens, Greece
Artist Statement
My painting has evolved over the years in a marriage between abstraction and figuration. I use abstraction to convey mood, an unfamilar environment and/or the language of spirituality, for example in my latest paintings: ‘Against a Warming Background 1 &2’. Figuration is used to highlight a theme.
Concepts
A recurrent theme is landscape or birds and animals under threat because I love being ‘close to Nature’ as the Greeks say. This means literally being out in the countryside but also conveys that ancient sense of holding nature sacred. By association this also means human life.
Solo exhibitions
2026 March at Mets Art Centre, Athens, Greece
2023 December Athens at Agios Nikolaos Ragavas church house
2022 July exhibition, Cherethiana, Chania, Crete
2020 Exhibition at Skali Art space, Athens (postponed due to Covid)
2018 At Home solo Exhibition in Athens 2015 At Home solo Exhibition in Athens
2002 solo exhibition, The Digby Gallery, Mercury Theatre Colchester
2002 solo exhibition, The Hellenic Centre, London
1999 Pigs’ Bistro, Edinburgh
1997 Solo Exhibition, Dunedin Gallery, Edinburgh
1995 Solo Exhibition, Library Gallery, University of Surrey, Guildford
1991 Solo Exhibition, University of Surrey, Guildford, as part of Guildford Festival
Group exhibitions
2025 ‘On Flow’ at Thalia Artspace, Skoufa 51, Athens
2024 November in Athens with HolyArt Pop Up
2024 December in Chili ArtGallery, Athens ‘Color In Water 10’
2024 March/April at The Luminous Eye Gallery, Athens
2023 Online exhibition ‘Home’ for The Green Gallery, Brussels
2023 ‘The Day of the Dead’ at The European Centre, Mitropoleos 74, Athens
2023 ‘Paper2 Athens’ at the EUROPEAN CENTRE , 74 Mitropoleos St.
2022 ‘New Reality 2’ at Chili Art Gallery, Athens, November -December
2022 Salzburg Art Number 23
2022 SKG BAZAART Thessaloniki 19th to 21st April
2022 ENERGY 2022 exhibition at European Centre for Architecture and Art, 74 Mitropoleos, Athens
2022 EVTOPIA exhibition at Chili Art Gallery, Athens, Greece, January
2021 the holy art HUMANISM Athens Exhibition-September
2021 ARTNumber23 Athens Exhibition- July
2021 Online exhibition with ARTNUMBER23-March 2020 Athens Open Art Exhibition
2010 Christmas Exhibition, Lloyd Gill Gallery, Weston Super Mare 2005 Opening Exhibition, August Gallery, Brenchley, Kent, 2004-5 ‘Art of Love’ Online exhibition.
2003 Calling Cards, Buckenham Galleries, Southwold, 2002 Nevill Gallery, Canterbury
2001 Sable Gallery, Gold Gallery, Hanover Fine Arts, Dundas Street, Edinburgh, 2000 DFN Gallery, New York, 2000 Hanover Fine Arts 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2000 Four Square, for four women artists, Bridgeview, Aberdeen
2000 ABC Goes Public, Edinburgh College of Art and touring to Bridgeview, Aberdeen
1999 WASPS (Scottish Artists’ Studios) Open Weekend Event, Edinburgh, 1999, Nexus Gallery, Edinburgh, 1999 The Unknown Gallery, Edinburgh Festival, 1999 Hanover Fine Arts, Summer Exhibition, Edinburgh
1998 WASPS (Scottish Artists’ Studios) Open Weekend Arts Event (artist on organising committee)
1996 Mixed Exhibitions: Nevill Gallery, Canterbury, Kent; City Gallery, London; Compass Gallery, Glasgow; Leith Gallery, Edinburgh; Stenton Gallery, East Lothian; Hanover Fine Arts, Edinburgh; Shimrod Gallery, Sheffield
1996 Edinburgh Festival, WASPS (Scottish Artists’ Studios)
Collections
UK Parliamentary Art Collection; Bonham Hotel, Edinburgh and other Scottish hotels; British Midland Lounge, Edinburgh Airport; private collections.